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Title: James Curphey to Walt Whitman, 8 April 1867
Date: April 8, 1867
Whitman Archive ID: loc.05819
Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Related item: This letter has been struck through; the signature portion of the letter has also been cut away. Whitman drafted some biographical notes on the back of this letter from Curphey.
Contributors to digital file: Alex Kinnaman, Jonathan Y. Cheng, Amanda J. Axley, Cristin Noonan, Kassie Jo Baron, and Stephanie Blalock
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Office of JAMES CURPHEY,
BANKER, BROKER AND DEALER IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
No. 1 Pine Street,
New York,.
April 8, 1867.
Sir
Your note was duly received1 with order on Mr. Gray2 for a Copy of your works.
I have satisfied myself that no copy was delivered here—had such been the case it would have come under my notice—I therefore sent your order to Mr Gray and have received from him a copy for which you have my thanks
Yours &c3
Correspondent:
Little is known about James Curphey, who was a cashier for First National Bank on Wall-Street in New York when it opened in 1863. He later
became a broker and dealer in government securities at No. 1 Pine Street in the city.
Notes:
1. This letter has not been located. [back]
2. As yet we have no information about this person. [back]
3. The signature on this letter has been cut away. [back]